What The Ancient Greek Tragedians Knew About Today's PoliticsIn an Out Loud podcast, classicist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn talks with Sasha Weiss about how issues ranging from the arguments over where to bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev to Americans' continuing fascination with JFK's presidency and murder are reflected in Sophocles and Euripides.
The New Yorker 12.02.13 (audio)